Bluzhev (Hasidic dynasty)

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Bluzhev (also spelled Bluzhov or Bluzov)

. In 2015, after the death of Grand Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Spira, the court splintered into three smaller groups, one retaining the name Bluzev and the others going under the names Ribatitch and Bluzhev. All are centered in Brooklyn.

History

Tzvi LaTzaddik

The founding

(known as the Bnei Yissoschor).

A student of Rabbi

Keren Yeshua

After the death of the Tzvi LaTzaddik, his son, Rabbi Yehoshua Spira, who had also formerly served as rebbe in Ribatitch, succeeded him as rebbe of the Bluzhev dynasty, continuing to lead the court in Rzeszów. Like his father, he is often referred to by the name of his sefer, titled Keren Yeshuah. He died on February 19, 1932.[5]

Rabbis Meir and Eliezer Spira

The Keren Yeshuah was succeeded by his son Rabbi Meir Spira, who continued to lead the court in Rzeszów (he had previously served as rabbi of Błażowa). Another son, Rabbi Eliezer Spira, served as rebbe of Ribatitch. They both were murdered in the Holocaust.

Rabbi Yisroel Spira

Born in 1889, he was a son of the Keren Yeshuah. He served as the rebbe of

Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Spira

Klausenburg

, and Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Spira of Bluzhev

Born in Germany in 1936 into the Kushitzki family, his father was killed in the Holocaust. He reunited with his mother after World War II who went on to marry Rabbi Yisroel Spira, hence his surname being changed from Kushitzki to Spira. After his step-father's death, he was appointed the next rebbe of Bluzhev.[6] He also served as nasi (president) of Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim. He died in 2015 and was buried on Mount of Olives. At his funeral, it was announced that his successors would be his sons Avrohom Yaakov Spira, Moshe Menachem Spira, and Yehoshua Yosef Spira, who will all lead his bais medrash in Borough Park.^[7]

Present-day

Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Spira was succeeded by his three sons, Rabbis Avraham Yaakov, Moshe Menachem, and Yehoshua Yosef Spira.

Lineage of Bluzhev dynasty

• Rabbi
  Tzvi Elimelech Spira I of Dinov
  (1783-1841), Bnei Yissoschar
  • Rabbi Dovid Spira of Dinov [HE] (1804-1874), Tzemach Dovid
    • Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira II of Bluzhev [HE] (1841-1924), Tzvi LaTzaddik, first Bluzhever Rebbe
      • Rabbi Yehoshua Spira of
        Ribatitch and Bluzhev [HE]
        (1862-1932), Keren Yeshua, second Bluzhever Rebbe
        • Rabbi Meir Spira of Bluzhev [HE] (d. c. 1941), third Bluzhever Rebbe
        • Rabbi Eliezer Spira of Ribatitch (1885-1941)
        • Rabbi
          Yisroel Spira
          of Bluzhev, fourth Bluzhever Rebbe, reestablished court in the United States
          • Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Spira of Bluzhev, fifth Bluzhever Rebbe
            • Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Spira of Bluzhev, sixth Bluzhever Rebbe
            • Rabbi Moshe Menachem Spira of Bluzhev Bluzhever rebbe
            • Rabbi Yehoshua Yosef Spira of Bluzhev-Ribatitch

See also

• Dinov (Hasidic dynasty)
• Munkatch (Hasidic dynasty)

References